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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1978
Page
1
Economist Howard Hjort testifies that a poor crop year could nearly double a 3.40 weekly grocery rise for a four person family in 1979, with meat and dairy cuts adding 2.75. Weather, production, and policy effects shape the outlook as costs creep higher.
At Pecos before U S Magistrate J M Preston six defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 60 to 179 days for illegally entering the United States. A seventh defendant was remanded to U S Marshal custody with a $10,000 bond.
The Texas Supreme Court set aside an Austin district court order that delayed Abilene’s local option results and cleared the way for issuing liquor licenses. The court rejected a rehearing request and directed a hearing on Sheriff McBeath’s plea. The case centers on the July 20 canvass flipping Abilene to wet status after an earlier dry designation from June 17 and July 10 counts.
Pecos yesterday reached 96 degrees with a 69 degree morning low and trace rainfall. The Associated Press predicts scattered showers and thunderstorms across West Texas today and tonight, ending Thursday with cooler conditions. Highs range from the upper 50s to near 90, with varying lows from the panhandle to the south.
Opponents of a natural gas pricing compromise marshal a final Senate effort after a 59 to 39 defeat to recommit the bill. Sen Russell Long leads moves to rewrite and return it to Congress, with a final vote slated for next week.
Former FBI official James R. Malley testified before the House assassination committee that the bureau actively explored a possible conspiracy in John F. Kennedy's 1963 slaying. He said Cuban involvement and organized crime were considered after Oswald’s acts, while Hoover praised cooperation with the Warren Commission.
Three Mexican citizens, Pedro Lopez-Tovar 35, Israel Mendoza-Orona 21, and Noel Terrasas-Bujanda 21, are jailed in Presidio County on $50,000 cash bonds after a Sunday arrest near Lajitas Brewster County for possession with intent to distribute over 150 pounds of marijuana. The three, identified as a farmer couple and a rancher, were stopped by U.S. authorities about 10 p.m. The Drug Enforcement Administration filed the complaint and U.S. Magistrate Joe Segura ordered their remand to further proceedings. the car bore 1978 Texas license plates.
Senate Finance committee backs a tax indexing plan to automatically raise personal exemptions and standard deductions and cut rates in line with inflation. Sen. Bob Dole argues the plan shields workers from a hidden tax hike as GOP leaders tour the country to promote reform. Opponents warn it could worsen deficits and inflation while House measures move to broaden depreciation and aid low and middle income earners.
A Hughes Tool Co survey shows 2,349 rotary rigs in use in the week ending Monday, the highest since 2,356 active rigs the week of December 22, 1958. Houston reports the record as domestic oil and gas drilling activity reaches a 20 year peak.
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